The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) is intensifying efforts to tackle corruption and internal mismanagement after inspection teams uncovered 181 cases of embezzlement and misappropriation between 2021 and 2025, resulting in losses of LAK 66.86 billion (USD 3 million).
Alarmingly, only 22.96 percent of these funds have been recovered,...
The Japanese Government has provided grant assistance worth USD 92,485 for the Improvement of the Department of Japanese, National University of Laos.
The grant has...
China has announced the closure of international border crossings connecting it to Luang Namtha Province in Laos due to local outbreaks of Covid-19.
According...
Authorities in Mukdahan, Thailand, have seized 20 tonnes of pork smuggled into Thailand from Laos across the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge.
Thai customs officers uncovered the...
Authorities in Vientiane Capital have issued a statement regarding an increase in pork prices, saying insufficient supply in neighboring countries has affected Laos.
Pork prices...
The government of Laos has banned the import of certain types of farm produce, livestock, and fish, hoping to spur domestic production.
In an urgent...